The Two Popes and Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey plus post-Oscar thoughts with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt.
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Culture Crawl 546 “Framed So You Can See The Grocery List”
Gilded Pear Gallery is bringing in the big guns for their next show, “Collector Showcase.” It will feature some of the best-known names in art history with connections to Cedar Rapids, including pieces by Grant Wood, Mauricio Lasansky, Conger Metcalf, Bertha Jaques, and Marvin Cone.
The Cone piece is the first time his work has been offered for sale locally in many years. And some of the Metcalf pieces include personal notes and reminders scrawled on the back. Including a grocery list!
Opening reception February 21 at 5pm at the Gallery. More information at www.gildedpeargallery.com.
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This Week In Jazz February 9 thru February 15
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Walter Page, singer Roberta Flack, pianist Sir Roland Hannah, drummers Chick Webb Walter “Baby Sweets” Perkins and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chet Baker Sings” (1954), Sonny Rollins’ “Freedom Suite” (1958), Art Blakey’s “Free for All” (1964), VanguardJazz Orchestra’s “Monday Night Live at the Vanguard” (2008) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Special Programs for February 10 thru February 15
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Steve Allen: Comedian-musician-composer
This week brings you the creative work of comedian-musician-composer and show host Steve Allen. By his estimate Allen wrote over 85-hundred songs in his lifetime, including words to the pop and jazz hits: This Will Be the Start of Something Big, The Theme from “Picnic,” Meet Me Where They Play the Blues, and Gravy Waltz. He was the originator and the original host for NBC’s Tonight show that often featured jazz players.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Herbie Hancock’s “Mwandishi” Years, Part One
This is the first of 2 shows that spotlight the remarkable music of Herbie’s ‘Mwandishi’ bands. We’ll hear selections from his three Warner Brothers records, a Columbia release called Sextant, and several releases from band mates Julian Priester, Bennie Maupin, and Eddie Henderson. This is exquisite music from a very special transitional time in the development of our modern jazz.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
The Cookers at ICJF 2017
KCCK’s Wednesday Night Special continues its celebration of Black History Month with an amazing live set by The Cookers at the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival. According to the IC Press Citizen “No act at the Jazz Fest, or maybe any other jazz act in the country, has as much collective experience as The Cookers. This septet is made up of drummer Billy Hart, pianist George Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, trumpeter David Weiss, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, saxophonist Billy Harper and saxophonist Jaleel Shaw. Most of the member got their start performing in the 1960s.”
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Patrick Bartley Plays Cannonball Adderley
Host Christian McBride takes a fond look at the legacy of Julian Cannonball Adderley. We’ll hear from some of Adderley’s former bandmates, like drummer Roy McCurdy and tenor sax player Ernie Watts. McBride highlights a young also saxophonist, Patrick Barley Jr., whose portrayal of Adderley’s music and message is phenomenal from one so young (in his 20’s). Stories from Cannonball and the 1971 live recording of “The Black Messiah.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler (February 15)
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
The Paino Artistry of Malcolm Earl “Mal” Waldron – The Early Years, Part 1
Craig travels back to the early and mid-fifties to look in on the artistry of pianist and composer Mal Waldron. We’ll begin with some classic Charles Mingus, as well as some early Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Teddy Charles, John Coltrane, and others. Amazing material that is not to be missed!!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish. Tune in at Midnight for:
Can you Imagine by John Bailey on Monday; Quite Frankly by Sam Hirsh on Tuesday; T-Man by Jason Tiemann on Wednesday; Joie de Vivre by Eric Lilley Trio on Thursday; Stand Up! by Whitney Shay on Friday; El Dorado by Marcus King on Saturday; Dreamers Do by Kat Edmonson on Sunday.
New Music Monday for February 10, 2020
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Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale’s career is graced by a love of melody and a joy of musical discovery. She was the first prize winner of the 1993 International Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and soon after launched her touring and recording career. Arriale has performed on international concert and festival stages over the past 25 years, including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Montreux and Monterey. Her 14 albums as a leader have topped the Jazzweek Radio Chart. On her new CD, “Chimes of Freedom,” Lynne reflects on freedom, cultural diversity, and her wish that all refugee families reach an inclusive safe harbor among the democratic nations of the world.
21st century jazz is a global movement, and New York bassist Massimo Biolcati embodies the music’s creative reach. A first-call accompanist, producer, composer and bandleader, he’s known as a founding member of Gilfema, the acclaimed collective trio with Hungarian drummer Ferenc Nemeth and West African guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke. He’s thrived as a sideman as well, working widely with Paquito D’Rivera, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Lizz Wright and others. He also runs iReal Pro, a music app he created in 2009 that has become an essential tool for musicians and music students. For the first disc under his own name in ten years, “Incontre,” he’s joined by saxophonist Dayna Stephens and keyboardist Sam Yahel on a program of originals and covers of music by Mingus, Monk and Holland.
Also this week, “The Music of Wayne Shorter” is a previously unreleased live session from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Mr. Shorter;
keyboardist Theo Hill is joined by Downbeat Rising Star vibraphone phenomenon Joel Ross for “Reality Check”;
and Negroni’s Trio, the Puerto Rican father-and-son team of keyboardist Jose Negroni and drummer Nomar Negroni with bassist Josh Allen, unveil their tenth studio album “Acustico.”
Culture Crawl 545 “Dresses WERE Harmed”
RHCR Theatre presents “5 Women Wearing the Same Dress” Feb. 14-22, the story of five bridesmaids “hiding out” during an 80s wedding reception.
Janette Little and Carlee Glenn play two of the bridesmaids, and are ready to paint the town in their 80s hair, but maybe not in the titular dress. RHCR Theatre head honcho Matt Ford says taking a contemporary dress and “creatively destroying” it to the appropriate level of comedy required was a big challenge for costumer Melonie Stoll!
Directed by Traci Rezabek. Tickets and more info at www.rhcrtheatre.com.
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Culture Crawl 544 “200,000 New Patients a Year”
Tom Cook of Iowa City has written a book that tells the story of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, and the revolutionary treatment for clubfoot he developed at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Ponseti grew up in Spain, and as a young physician, become enmeshed int he Spanish Civil War and lived in exile in France and Mexico before coming to Iowa. He fought for decades for his non-surgical method of treatment to be accepted by the medical establishment. Today, the Ponzeti International Association trains health professionals in the Ponzeti Method all over the world.
Tom will read from his book at Prairie Lights on Feb. 13. Details at www.icecubepress.com.
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Talking Pictures 2-5-20
Gretel & Hansel and Marriage Story and an Oscar preview with Hollis Monroe, Scott Chrisman and Phil Brown.
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